Sunday, January 2, 2011

In the spirit of lifting heavy things and doing occasional sprints, my wife has started doing some CrossFit-esque WODs at home.

Tonight, after tucking the kids into bed, M ducked into our garage, did some band-assisted pull-ups, threw some weights on the barbell, and cranked out a few low-rep sets of sumo deadlift high pulls. When she was done, she grabbed a kettlebell and went outside. It had rained today, so the sidewalks were slick, but M was determined to squeeze in a quick metcon session before work.

Here's what she did:

For time:

10 overhead kettlebell swings

Run 100 meters

9 overhead kettlebell swings

Run 100 meters

8 overhead kettlebell swings

Run 100 meters

7 overhead kettlebell swings

Run 100 meters

6 overhead kettlebell swings

Run 100 meters

5 overhead kettlebell swings

Run 100 meters

4 overhead kettlebell swings

Run 100 meters

3 overhead kettlebell swings

Run 100 meters

2 overhead kettlebell swings

Run 100 meters

1 overhead kettlebell swing

Run 100 meters

She killed it, finishing in 7:59.

And did I mention that she learned to swing a kettlebell just a few days ago?